Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn
US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and...
<p>US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/04/iran-war-live-updates-us-israel-latest-news-strait-of-hormuz-middle-east-crisis">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and driving the regime towards making a secret bomb, proliferation experts have warned.</p><p>The regime in Tehran has long insisted that the programme is for civilian purposes and it has no intention of making a nuclear weapon. However, since two undeclared sites, for uranium enrichment and heavy water plutonium production, were discovered in 2002, the programme has been treated with intense suspicion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/04/us-israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-could-backfire">Continue reading...</a>
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